AP World History Unit 8 Cold War and Decolonization Latest Graded A+

AP World History Unit 8 Cold War and Decolonization Latest Graded A+ Cold War A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. Non-Aligned Movement The group of nations that didn't side with either the US or the USSR during the Cold War. Sukarno Leader of Indonesian independence movement; first president of Indonesia Kwame Nkrumah founder of Ghana's independence movement and Ghana's first priesident NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries Warsaw Pact An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO Nuclear Proliferation the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations Korean War The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. Angolan Civil War When Angola achieved independence, the two major liberation movements began to squabble over how to rule the country. Ultimately, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba interfered and exacerbated the problem.Sandinista and Contras Conflict Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United States financed armed opposition who lost national elections in 1990. China Communist Revolution This was a civil war between the Communist and Nationalists. The communist won out. Great Leap Forward Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years. Cultural Revolution Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong t